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Below is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not
2 }% Z; Z" V) i6 M2 x/ b; X% n0 Nexpect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the ; H3 a2 e( b: s! P$ w
companies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of / L2 j1 o, N- N: [
these oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if 5 z0 A* Z* {0 U8 d2 N' @
crude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell,
* g7 w, Q. q+ T5 l$ V" GEXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils
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3 ]+ ~) H. o# y1 i, kRecently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few - ~0 Y( h2 I# H
months. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan.
9 m: J& h) \2 F% F* d: v0 gA year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at
" @" _6 p3 n- \: k" D9 xleast $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount. 6 `  y' p" i* K4 ~4 F% k$ b

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There are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face
* F0 Z0 n% K* J  i8 _7 h0 G5 ^of so much news. These reasons are: ) e2 O3 X) B& M' X3 b
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- a9 M5 D- v' w1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and , {' E3 S6 R& _3 T5 m9 K
in the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than
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2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
( }! Q+ `8 y% U2 u4 F# F3 ?This is the largest find in North America.
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3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is
, x9 `. p# G. Hbeing used to double their output.
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4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio 5 P$ P% U. E7 ~& B
fuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production
0 T7 h' I# H+ ?1 Epotential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are 6 K1 b  R! V9 k! X; C. [: k2 A
racing to produce bio fuels. ! u9 T1 w% ?* d+ U# c% Z

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) ^# l; D( p0 s! H  J5 J8 d" p5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants 2 n, }) Q8 S. j
are now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork,
: y# z8 N3 X/ vcattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat
8 i+ J! l( H( u4 G4 S2 Vto bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is
9 b& f1 F# ~# K- K. t" d. fproducing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat.
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, D: X+ k( a' s# h6 h- g6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and 8 f) s6 Z, Q3 C0 ~; N
construction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are & ?) u% n& Q6 R9 ]0 }& y. @
expected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce 1 r5 C( G+ [  |2 ~7 K  _
will replace oil.
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; E6 j& \$ P  V1 z. K+ n7 r7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing
7 i& a) G$ v3 r: U2 e: o- solder equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc.
+ {  x  n* P& H& r+ x+ C7 dwith new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies 0 H$ e0 U0 j5 w: c! M- c
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new
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Airlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio-
8 y) B: p$ D3 m* P  @fuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel.
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8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
7 A& z' @* h, K3 O* \2 Z" k: `capture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas 4 B8 L. _; g* i' t/ a
available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude ( ^: C) q- g% }7 Z% L
oil.
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9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2 + P6 @( ^9 `; L- g& w6 }* L( i
produced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into 4 F0 K8 G8 k- s1 s" y$ |& o9 a
oil wells.
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" I: [4 z3 J% Q$ v/ Z/ G) f/ T" P10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy
  y. W: V& S1 ?9 @' k) M" J. w" |source. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US. 3 Y6 V! w* C6 L, i  _. r: m4 f

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Each of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the " w$ ?; H% h/ @# ^- O
price of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world
7 F9 W" j- Y) ]: W/ Wchanging. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability
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. u* M$ P, q0 ~; UWith the above scenario, I still believe that there are under
- i/ k- p2 {% Z. d1 }performed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified
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IAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ...   C4 c3 L/ ^# R8 m+ ?. |" w8 S

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* C- p! X8 O1 a2 [8 GThe above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN
3 c- N9 K* z  t, k# T1 L5 {! X2009 ... FYI-Only
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